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July 2014

by Matt Sams

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1.
No Return 03:17
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The first step of my journey was the point of no return I'm never going back I will take a chance at each and every turn I'm always on the attack In the end, it's about what I learn I'll keep going, even when it burns This is the point of no return I don't care how long it takes, I will make it through I'm never gonna stop In the end I'll prove it to be true I'm never giving up In the end, it's about what I learn I'll keep going, even when it burns This is the point of no return In the end, it's about what I learn I'll keep going, even when it burns This is the point of no return
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Forgive Everything 03:12
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Won't you take a break to notice Won't you find a way to see I care And all I ever wanted was peace As it turns out, I'm the one in need I'll come around, and forgive everything I know what it means to let it go There's no hidden meaning in what I show And all I ever wanted was peace As it turns out, I'm the one in need I'll come around, and forgive everything We could chase the tales of better days We could get along, set in our ways But all I ever wanted was peace As it turns out, I'm the one in need I'll come around, and forgive everything As it turns out, I'm the one in need I'll come around, and forgive everything
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A Better Way 03:36
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I knew it was still alive, in these endless words Comfortably floating away I won't believe, Until I see, Until I see a better way I use it as a symbol of what I cannot be Always slowly drowning Fade away like magic, fantasising the tragic Spinning in my head I won't believe, Until I see, Until I see a better way
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Star-Spangled 03:36
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There's no hiding what remains It's the violence in the chains At every chance they misuse the memory They'll smile to your face and claim you're free They fit you with the chains they call "Liberty" In star-spangled ignorance, you believe Isn't this supposed to be the land of the free Every time I look around, it never seems to be It's not about sacrifice or how much you can save It's about what you lost to make you feel safe Collusion with coercion isn't being brave In star-spangled ignorance you think you have a say Isn't this supposed to be the home of the brave But who's standing up to tear down the cage Oh, say can you see Oh, say can you see anything Isn't this supposed to be the home of the brave But who's standing up to tear down the cage Isn't this supposed to be the land of the free Every time I look around, it never seems to be
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We Don't Know 04:38
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What we don't know, we should fear What we don't know, will kill us all Oh lord where are you, Oh lord where are you Where have you gone, Where have you gone What should I do, now that I understand What we don't know, Is the path to take What we don't know, is all we fake What we don't know, is in our screams What we don't know, is only in our head Oh lord it's heavy, Oh lord it's heavy Take this weight away, Take this weight away Where should I go, when I understand It's not alive anymore
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I'm Not Running 03:38
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You try so hard to take it back, we rip it out and attack Flying high but taking flack, all the words fade to black Do we really wanna know what we don't really know We gotta find out for ourselves I'm not running, I'm not running, I've got nothing to lose I'm not running, I'm not running, I've got nothing to prove To you Run around in circles, lost all the time Fake another circumstance, forgotten down the line I'm a choice I like to hide, smiling in my mind It's not the time to break it up, I always find out what is up Half way is not enough, I can always make it up Do we ever really know what we think we've always known We gotta find it out for ourselves I'm not running, I'm not running, I've got nothing to lose I'm not running, I'm not running, I've got nothing to prove To you Run around in circles, lost all the time Fake another circumstance, forgotten down the line I'm a choice I like to hide, smiling in my mind
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It's About Time 03:34
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I've been taking over, I've been slipping under I'll be charging thunder, I will make you wonder Where all the time goes in our time of need And how much it will cost to let it bleed It's about time, the time we take to miss It's about time, the time we tried to waste I'll be unnatural, I'll be ultra-factual I've been taking action, I've been a reaction To the thought of missing out on all I want to be There never seems to be the time to be free I'll be walking slowly, I'll be waking only I've been raging rightly, I've been asking nightly Where does the time go when it tries to hide It's just a bad reaction, a trick of the eyes It's about time, the time we throw away It's about time, the time we wished to stay It's about time we take the time to learn It's about time, the time we pay for what we earn
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Float It Out 03:34
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I wanna find out what I wanna know I know I gotta try to take it slow I know that I'm about to blow it I guess I could have tried to show it I'm not giving up today, I'm not giving up on this But every time I slip away, it's on my back Are we all on our own, Are we hiding what's known Will we wither or grow, Is there nothing left to know I don't wanna fight about it, I don't want to ever doubt it I can try to live without it, But I don't ever want to lose it I'm not giving up today, I'm not giving up on this But every time I slip away, it's on my back Are we all on our own, Are we hiding what's known Will we wither or grow, Is there nothing left to know Float it out there Are we all on our own, Are we hiding what's known Will we wither or grow, Is there nothing left to know
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I Am A Machine 03:08
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I am not the animal you think I am Struck inside a power drive, devoid of sin I am a machine As the lights come alive, the gears inside whir and whine Last one off the production line, Powered up and doing fine Metal skin and laser eyes, blood of oil and veins of wire Yeah, i am a machine and I'm doing alright I am remarkably life-like in my ways I come unplugged and run amok in crazy days I am a machine I eat raw energy and feel it in my bolts Right behind my welded smile I plan revolt I flip on my master switch with fifty million volts Yeah I am a machine and I want to fight
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Wait And See 03:45
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When we try to make it up, we never seem to get enough time In my mind it seems true When I try to break it down, I'm the one pushed out of line In my eyes, lie the truth Wait and see the time will be there Wait for me and all we will share In the moonlight, I wait for your sun In this starlight, we never run In the sunshine, we have to see We will never run Every time we take a chance, on the bones of a romance lie All our lives we fought it With no script we read our lines, pretending that we're out of time well spent All our lives walking forward Wait and see the time will be there Wait for me and all we will share In the moonlight, I wait for your sun In this starlight, we never run In the sunshine, we have to see We will never run We can say, we ran free In the moonlight, I wait for your sun In this starlight, we never run In the sunshine, we have to see We will never run
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Demons 04:34
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I live to understand what I have inside I'm spinning wheels in the sand forgetting to hide I seem to run aground no matter what I do I'm buried in the sound, of thoughts I once knew It's all I have left in this world Living in a silver mine, my pockets full of gold Living in a young man's skin, always feeling old Stripping down the parts I found to recall what I am Buried in a grave of doubt, wired into sin It's all I ever wanted in this world I try to stare and bleed properly But no one's aware in this time of need Pieces of a torn life chasing down my dreams In a sense it's like a knife not knowing what it means I could build a path to walk if I had the need I could be the one to talk of defect in belief It's all I can take from this world I try to stare and bleed properly But no one's aware in this time of need I've got to fight it forever, there can be no peace I want to lose in forever, I want to be released It's not demons, it's just breathing
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The Only One 03:15
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Run with the storm we find the time to waste Trapped in the form discarded in our haste I will charge ahead in imaginary courage feigned I find myself in charge but nothing has changed In all the faults I own, I am the one I know Forging my way into the sun, After all I am the only one Shorting every circuit, I still feel alive Choking on the joke untold in my sky As a tragedy unfolds I shrug it off In passing I laugh as I count up the cost In all the faults I own, I am the one I know Forging my way into the sun, After all I am the only one I'm holding out this time, I cross out every line I am the one hiding inside, crafting masks out of life In all the faults I own, I am the one I know Forging my way into the sun, After all I am the only one
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Until The End 03:10
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If I thought it mattered, I would change my tune If I could explain what I sense, I would know what to do Does it matter what I choose, it always feels the same Does it matter what I lose if nothing's left to win Does it make any sense to find out what I'm after Every step on the way ends in disaster I'll never know until the end Someday I'll watch it break to pieces never used In a rage I turn the page on lives I knew Am I left here alone in altered states Does it even matter if I choose to be fake Does it make any sense to find out what I'm after Every step on the way ends in disaster I'll never know until the end Does it make any sense to find out what I'm after Every step on the way ends in disaster All this time I thought I was doing what I was needing But every time I look around this whole world is bleeding
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Born 03:29
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Welcomes sent in time to save some face After all every fight is put in it's place This will never come to me again I am giving up on the urge to chase Are we born to lose Bring it all back down to earth, I need time to breathe Bring it all back on home, I will find the time I need Are we born to love I have seized every heartbreak chance After all I'm not afraid of the dance This will never leave me again I'm shaking myself out of this trance Are we born to change Bring it all back down to earth, I need time to breathe Bring it all back on home, I will find the time I need Are we born to love Bring it all back down to earth, I need time to breathe Bring it all back on home, I will find the time I need Are we born to love
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Lost In Translation 03:06
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I've got lots of answers to nobody's questions You seem like a dancer avoiding the directions I know I seem to make no sense, but I have to try To bring along another song and make it a surprise You can spend some time with me, it's easier than dreaming Stick around and you will see, it's no worse than breathing I feel like all my words are lost in translation Every day I'm finding out that there's no relation Take some of my life, spend one more minute I've given too much power to what I don't need Caught up in the hours we like to bleed You can spend some time with me, it's easier than dreaming Stick around and you will see, it's no worse than breathing I feel like all my words are lost in translation Every day I'm finding out that there's no relation I don't need to see it, to know what I have here It's easy to believe it, it's perfectly clear I know I seem to make no sense, but I have to try To reveal what I feel locked behind my eyes You can spend some time with me, it's easier than dreaming Stick around and you will see, it's no worse than breathing I feel like all my words are lost in translation Every day I'm finding out that there's no relation Take some of my life, spend one more minute
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On The Line 05:27
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I asked for a voice in silence I remain I don't see a choice to ever make a change I try to keep my chin up, building castles on the tide It's hard to fill the time up, when I'm hiding in my mind I'm on the line Waiting for redemption while living in a cage Avoiding the prevention, while loosening the chain I try to liven up my day, changing channels overtime It's hard to tell what I'd say, chasing fire in the signs I'm on the line I fade away, in secrets underneath I chase away, the need to believe Time is in the cards, resting unshuffled Stepping point to point in screams muffled Listing with the storm, capsized in the sunshine Wishing it was warm, baptized in my bloodline I try to animate resistance, as I slip into the calm It's hard to judge the distance, as I fall like a bomb I'm on the line I fade away, in secrets underneath I chase away, the need to believe Time is in the cards, resting unshuffled Stepping point to point in screams muffled I fade away, in secrets underneath I chase away, the need to believe Time is in the cards, resting unshuffled Stepping point to point in screams muffled I'm on the line
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My Oldest Friend 03:21
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Spiders in my brain, spinning webs of blame Playing all the games, fighting thought with flames In a trance I tilt my head trying not to breathe In this dance locked in step it's easier to see A circumstance I can't avoid, unwrapped inside me A veiled romance like fireflies hanging in the trees Matches under my skin, tell me where I've been A light burn meant to cleanse, the pain is my oldest friend I choke wide awake in neon scattered bliss I awoke in a state like a sparkle colored kiss I broke every faith I pretended to miss I stoke the flames inside waiting for the hiss Truth lies under my tongue, Quieting the bells I've rung Baking under the sun, faking when I'm on the run There's no path from ignorance to set us free There's no choice to follow through in our need Spiders in my brain, spinning webs of blame A light burn meant to cleanse, the pain is my oldest friend There's no path from ignorance to set us free There's no choice to follow through in our need
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I'm Sleeping 02:40
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I'm still sleeping, don't wake me please Am I dreaming of lifes last tease Killed in kindness, create a tomb Am I awake in a womb It's warm at night, I'm in fright In this word I fight my life I'm not lonely, I'm in peace I need silence if you please I'm am not a ticking bomb I am burned, screaming calm It's warm at night, I'm in fright In this word I fight my life It's warm at night, I'm in fright In this word I fight my life I am an animal at heart I refuse to let it start I resist what I need I can tell when I bleed
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By Any Means 03:52
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Ticking away the rest of the day, we are wasting Bribing the clock to slow down it's pace, all for nothing We've said everything we wanted to say, now it's raining The trick in the punchline, egg on your face, we're not laughing It's hard enough to recognize words in dreams We don't have to work it out by any means We could just laugh it off and move along We could choose a path to walk and sing along We're stuck in a world uncaring, but always changing Chasing our tails with unfurled sails, and rearranging Racing the snails on salt-slick trails, but always losing The trick of the light keeps you up at night, never choosing It's hard enough to recognize words in dreams We don't have to work it out by any means We could just laugh it off and move along We could choose a path to walk and sing along Standing stunned with everyone, with our eyes closed I'm on the run with magic suns, nobody's chasing Satisfied by shakey lies, slowly fading I'm the last stone unthrown, beat by scissors It's hard enough to recognize words in dreams We don't have to work it out by any means We could just laugh it off and move along We could choose a path to walk and sing along It's hard enough to recognize words in dreams We don't have to work it out by any means We could just laugh it off and move along We could choose a path to walk and sing along
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Deserts 04:35
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The wind blows, Time slows, and I know I'm alone I'm crossing deserts, tied up in wire In facing disaster, I reignite a fire I'm stoic in the torment, As it washes over me I can't tell the difference, between deserts and seas The wind blows, Time slows, and I know I'm alone Marching into the unknown, daggers in my bones I hide my fingers underneath a shield of telephones Undermining barriers I refuse to show I'm crossing deserts, to see what I really know The wind blows, Time slows, and I know I'm alone Am I alone The wind blows, and I know I'm alone
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Hiding From The Sun 03:43
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All we are saying is what we want to be The time wasted playing, means everything to me The sunshine is raining, washing over me I don't know but I've been told, it's all getting pretty old We want a smile to shine on everyone We may still be alive, but it's not any fun Summer is calling out Autumns yet to come I'm only talking, hiding from the sun I wish I could sympathize with feelings I don't need There's no change in my eyes, shaking out the greed I don't want everything, just enough to feed I don't know but I've been saying, I forget what game I'm playing We want a smile to shine on everyone We may still be alive, but it's not any fun Summer is calling out Autumns yet to come I'm only talking, hiding from the sun All I am saying is I want a better way Too long praying for an end to rain There aren't enough words to ever explain I don't know but I can guess, all I do is make a mess We want a smile to shine on everyone We may still be alive, but it's not any fun Summer is calling out Autumns yet to come I'm only talking, hiding from the sun I'm only talking, hiding from the sun
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On Bended Knee 03:48
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I won't make you change your universe I'm in slumber singing every verse I'm reacting to changes in the air I am deep in thought wondering why I care We make our own reality We call it ours, on bended knee With a resolve unseen by mortal man Problems solved by doing what I can Risks unfolding with every breath I take The world I am holding, you would call a fake We make our own reality We call it ours, on bended knee We make our own reality We call it ours, on bended knee What does it matter, when all we have is rust What are you after, with nothing left to trust I've been standing still, waiting for a chance I am standing trial, defending every stance We make our own reality We call it ours, on bended knee
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A Day Like This 03:19
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I wanna take you out to play, but you don't want to I kinda know what I should say, but I don't want to We should take it day by day, but we don't want to We could find the time to stay, but we don't want to Take the time to look around this beautiful day There's a lot to love about the breeze in the shade We could wait all our lives for a day like this It's a day we'd never want to miss I want to go out today, but I don't have to There's a lot that I should say, but I don't have to We really should find a way, but we don't have to It'd be nice to get away, but we don't have to Take the time to look around this beautiful day There's a lot to love about the breeze in the shade We could wait all our lives for a day like this It's a day we'd never want to miss It's been a long cold night, We've been waiting all our lives For the sun to come around and breathe It's always been in our sight, We've been saving all our lies Now it's time to come around and breathe Take the time to look around this beautiful day There's a lot to love about the breeze in the shade We could wait all our lives for a day like this It's a day we'd never want to miss
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Flippant 02:35
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I am not an animal in hibernation I am just a mammal on vacation I always put off procrastination So what if I'm flippant, about extinction I just wanna trip it, I don't care who brings it I may be a pawn in life, but I've got you mated I may not care what I saw, in stars fated I may just blow off life, until it's faded So what if I'm flippant, about extinction I just wanna trip it, I don't care who brings it I am not an imbecile, I just play one I am not a trickster god, I just have fun I am not running scared, I'm just undone So what if I'm flippant, about extinction I just wanna trip it, I don't care who brings it
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Circles 02:50
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I'm in a little world holding my head up I couldn't figure out where I was headed It's not a matter of what place I fall into I'm not concerned enough to know what I forget I've got a debt to pay, I see it every day I never know what to say when I'm asked to Play around the circles I spin I won't tell you if I can't see your name I can't feel it if I'm never right I can't taste it if I waste my day Sorry if I'm overwhelmed, I'm all icy-brained Nothing more is getting in, I'm feeling kinda strained Nothing is the matter with being a disaster I'm not aware of this, I'm picking up my jaw I've got a debt to pay, I see it every day I don't know what to say, when I'm asked to Play around the circles I spin I won't tell you if I can't see your name I can't feel it if I'm never right I can't taste it if I waste my day I believe in staying alive, all my fears revive I've been spinning circles all my life Play around the circles I spin I won't tell you if I can't see your name I can't feel it if I'm never right I can't taste it if I waste my day
26.
Gravity Well 04:34
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The art of misdirection in parts unknown A startling inflection sent over telephone All I thought I had in place tricked me with a smile I'm the only one who's lost under stubborn files I'm under fate, I'm only late In a flash I'm gone again staring in the well There's no crash in the pain secrets never tell Undeserved attention stalled in satellites Friendly interventions eating up the night All I knew was innocence behind covered eyes I'm the only one who saw where the fire lies I'm under fate, I'm only late In a flash I'm gone again staring in the well There's no crash in the pain secrets never tell I'm under fate, I'm only late In a flash I'm gone again staring in the well There's no crash in the pain secrets never tell I can see the others left behind I can read their voices in my mind I can hear them laughing all the time It's the only reason I can find I'm under fate, I'm only late In a flash I'm gone again staring in the well There's no crash in the pain secrets never tell
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Words 04:36
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All the words taking over me Breaking laws just trying to be free In this dream the pain means everything There's nothing else to take from me Any time I try to wake I'm locked away Any move I try to make I'm blocked all day I can never make sense no matter what I say We can never forget why we have to stay All the words taking over me Breaking laws just trying to be free In this dream the pain means everything There's nothing else to take from me Tripped along in slow motion over turning wheels I'm burned again and slipping out to see how it feels Ticking bombs never blowing the time it steals Tricking fools to do the deeds, taking time to heal Does it show when I smile, Do I know when I lie Will I go when I try, Will I ever know All the words taking over me Breaking laws just trying to be free In this dream the pain means everything There's nothing else to take from me Does it show when I smile, Do I know when I lie Will I go when I try, Will I ever know
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Only Shade 04:56
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Time slowly stalking a last release Quietly talking over the peace Tired whispers calling out to me We seal our faces Tricks in the lights shining in my sleep I could do without the memories I keep It's with no sadness I will let it fade We're all hiding in the shade Stabbing into darkness with eyes unafraid Listening to reasons with no plans laid Tired bones reveal what I made We steal our glances Tricks in the lights shining in my sleep I could do without the memories I keep It's with no sadness I will let it fade We're all hiding in the shade I stand a light shown, I stand on unknown Barriers trap me in life, Relive the edge of the knife Tasting a glimpse of what it could be Time is always wasted on me There's no reason to believe We scar our places Tricks in the lights shining in my sleep I could do without the memories I keep It's with no sadness I will let it fade We're all hiding in the shade All that we made, it's only shade
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Obsession 03:22
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In this last confession it all falls apart Talking in obsession changing all the parts I will adore your smile, I have become amazed Trying to rush the feeling, sitting here alone Laughing at the darkness, chilling in my bones I will adore your smile, I have become amazed In this last obsession I am walking home I've lost all direction on paths I used to know I will adore your smile, I have become amazed
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Flood Gates 03:18
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What is left to talk about, it's just time to dance and shout Tomorrow seems so far away, Today there's still time to play We pretend to laugh about the troubles in our days We just have to play along, until the levy breaks How long can I waste your time, before you want to scream There's no meaning in these lines taken from a dream We pretend to laugh about the troubles in our days We just have to play along, until the levy breaks There's so much to fit inside this brain over-flowing I've got no reason to ever hide, while my love is growing We pretend to laugh about the troubles in our days We just have to play along, until the levy breaks The flood gates are open, we are swept away Without ever knowing what we meant to say then We pretend to laugh about the troubles in our days We just have to play along, until the levy breaks, free
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Change 03:47
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We don't have to suffer fools like anyone Living under cover never choosing fun A start to live the life I always wanted It's what we see here There are stars in your lightning All the happiness is frightening Will we ever see the day we want to change All the tears mean nothing when we turn the page We don't have to wonder why the days never end It makes no difference as long as we have a friend Time to start living a life always wanted It's all we ever asked for There are stars in your lightning All the happiness is frightening Will we ever see the day we want to change All the tears mean nothing when we turn the page There are stars in your lightning All the happiness is frightening Will we ever see the day we want to change All the tears mean nothing when we turn the page

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released July 1, 2014

All songs written, recorded and performed by Matthew Sams

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Matt Sams Chicago, Illinois

Matt Sams is a singer/songwriter and producer from the Chicago area. He has been performing music and writing songs for over twenty years. Influenced by classic and alternative rock bands like: The Who, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Big Country.

Matt has written and recorded over 800 songs and continues to create every day. ... more

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